CVE-2026-87929
Description
MaxSite CMS through 109.6 ships with a hardcoded session encryption key in application/config/config.php that is never changed during installation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge administrator session cookies. Attackers can mint a malicious ci_session cookie with administrator privileges by computing an HMAC-SHA1 using the publicly known encryption key, bypassing authentication checks in is_login() and mso_check_allow() functions.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/EviL0rd/maxsite-cve4/blob/main/2026.09.08-maxsite-cms-hardcoded-session-key-auth-bypass.md
- https://github.com/maxsite/cms
- https://github.com/maxsite/cms/blob/2ca0a0c7d1d71106a25dbb0f2aedaaefbf12802c/application/config/config.php#L230-L254
- https://github.com/maxsite/cms/blob/2ca0a0c7d1d71106a25dbb0f2aedaaefbf12802c/application/maxsite/common/core/init.php#L70-L96
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/maxsite-cms-through-109.6-authentication-bypass-via-hardcoded-encryption-key
CWEs
CWE-321
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.